Experts' Choice Award Ming Tombs (Ming Shishan Ling)
4 expert reviews
“Even if you are able to appreciate the huge size and splendour of the three restored tombs, you are forced to walk too quickly in front of these exuberant and refined sculptures.”
– Michelin Guide
Fodor's "Ming monarchs once journeyed here each year to kowtow before their clan forefathers and make offerings to their memory."
i
Picnics amid the ruins have been a favorite weekend activity among Beijingers for nearly a century; if you picnic here, be sure to carry out all trash.
Fodor's "These days, few visitors can claim royal descent, but the area's vast scale and imperial grandeur do convey the importance attached to ancestor worship in ancient China." Full review
Atlas Obscura "Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution. " Full review
/116.24887,40.29835,14/400x224@2x?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidHJpcGV4cGVydHdlYiIsImEiOiJja2Fud3l2MDcwbXZ0MndyeGF3eGI3ZWhzIn0.zLqNa1RECyZZadF8zfQM5w)
+86 10 6076 1424
Ming Shisan Ling Area, Changling Town, Changping District, Beijing 102213
